Cant build systemd based image

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I am able to build a custom distro using yocto and the community BSP for an iMX6 based apalis module in ixora base board using sysvinit without any major problem.

What I want to do though is use a systemd based init so I add

DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = “systemd”
DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = “sysvinit”
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = “”

to my distro config file. The build then runs to the last task do_rootfs where it fails with a number of ‘problems’ like so:

nothing provides kernel-3.14.52-v2.6b2.1+g9f2723e14bab needed by kernel-module-galcore-3.14.52-v2.6b2.1+g9f2723e14bab-5.0.11.p8.6+fslc+git0+a05d9b23b9-r0.apalis_imx6

while its trying to execute the dnf command to install the rootfs.

I have been unable so far to find out why it is failing here. I am able to supply any further information that might help resolve this problem. From what I understand if there was a package stipulating a newer virtual/kernel version is required it would fail much earlier with a more precise error message.

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Hi

While you tell that you’re not using our standard setup you fail to provide what you actually use. What layers at what Yocto release and with what git hashes?

I do not know what is actually needed to move from a SysVinit system to a systemd one in Yocto.

And its hard to tell what goes wrong. Some things to try:

  • Is the package really not available in the deploy rpm folder?
  • Did you make sure that the kernel got rebuilt and packaged?
    bitbake -c cleansstate virtual/kernel kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv
    bitbake virtual/kernel kernel-module-imx-gpu-viv
    bitbake "the image"
  • Did you delete the tmp directory after you changed DISTRO_FEATURES? At least for some changes this is needed.
  • Did you delete the tmp and sstate directory after you changed DISTRO_FEATURES? At least for some changes this is needed.

Max